Proverbs 7
7
1My son, obey my words,
and treasure my commands.#Pr 2:1
2Keep my commands and live,#Pr 3:1–2; 4:4; 6:23; 19:16
and guard my instructions
as you would the pupil of your eye.#Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zch 2:8
3Tie them to your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.#Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”#Sg 4:9
and call understanding your relative.
5She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a wayward woman with her flattering talk.#Pr 5:3,20; 6:24; 7:21
A Story of Seduction
6At the window of my house
I looked through my lattice.#Jdg 5:28; Sg 2:9
7I saw among the inexperienced,#7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.
8Crossing the street near her corner,
he strolled down the road to her house
9at twilight, in the evening,
in the dark of the night.#Jb 24:15
10A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,#Gn 38:14–15
having a hidden agenda.#7:10 Or prostitute with a guarded heart
11She is loud and defiant;#Pr 9:13
her feet do not stay at home.#1Tm 5:13
12Now in the street, now in the squares,#Pr 5:16; 9:14
she lurks at every corner.#Pr 23:28
13She grabs him and kisses him;
she brazenly says#7:13 Lit she makes her face strong and says to him,
14“I’ve made fellowship offerings;
today I’ve fulfilled my vows.#Lv 7:11–18; Dt 23:18; Ps 56:12
15So I came out to meet you,
to search for you, and I’ve found you.
16I’ve spread coverings on my bed#Pr 31:22 —
richly colored linen from Egypt.#Ezk 27:7
17I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.#Ex 30:23; Ps 45:8
18Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.#Sg 5:1
Let’s feast on each other’s love!
19My husband isn’t home;
he went on a long journey.
20He took a bag of silver with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”
21She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.
22He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap#7:22 Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure
23until an arrow pierces its#7:23 Or his liver,#Pr 2:16–19; 5:3–6; 23:27–28
like a bird darting into a snare#Ec 9:12 —
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
24Now, sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to the words from my mouth.
25Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.#Pr 5:8
26For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.#7:26 Or and powerful men are all her victims
27Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.#Pr 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; 1Co 6:9; Rv 22:15
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Proverbs 7
7
1 My son, keep my words.
Lay up my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments and live!
Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Call understanding your relative,
5that they may keep you from the strange woman,
from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house,
I looked out through my lattice.
7 I saw amongst the simple ones.
I discerned amongst the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner,
he went the way to her house,
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,
and with crafty intent.
11 She is loud and defiant.
Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,
and lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him.
With an impudent face she said to him:
14“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
Today I have paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
to diligently seek your face,
and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 For my husband isn’t at home.
He has gone on a long journey.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him.
He will come home at the full moon.”
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 He followed her immediately,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver,
as a bird hurries to the snare,
and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.
Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 for she has thrown down many wounded.
Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,#7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead.
going down to the rooms of death.
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